A project to restore fish populations has removed a passage barrier on a rare chalk stream. River Thame Conservation Trust (RTCT) completed the Stadhampton Mill Fish Pass to enable fish to move freely on the Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. The channel bypasses an old mill...
An attack by a cow that had recently given birth resulted in the death of a farmer in the south of Scotland, an inquiry has concluded. Derek Roan, 71, had tried to move the 550kg (1,200lbs) Galloway beef cow with her calf back to the main herd. He died of severe chest trauma after...
As intense heat becomes more frequent, the Middle East will see a rise in heat-related deaths. Despite public health planning gaps, experts say the region can teach us a lot about extreme heat. When the thermometer threatens to rise over a baking 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in...
A report on the Chesapeake Bay released Tuesday found strong disparities between communities in different parts of the bay’s watershed in terms of health, economics and social justice concerns. The findings show a larger context for the challenges of improving the health of the nation’s...
In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against Europe’s largest onshore wind farm Dozen of activists, including Indigenous Sami, protested outside the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Friday. They vowed to block entry to...
